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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1836
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to review the Cattle Fever Tick
Eradication Program, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE6, 2023
Mr. C
ORNYN(for himself and Mr. LUJA´N) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to review the Cattle
Fever Tick Eradication Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cattle Fever Tick 4
Eradication Program Enhancement Act of 2023’’. 5
SEC. 2. CATTLE FEVER TICK ERADICATION PROGRAM RE-6
VIEW AND REPORT. 7
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
(1) C
OVERED INSTITUTION .—The term ‘‘cov-9
ered institution’’ means— 10
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(A) a land-grant college or university; and 1
(B) a non-land-grant college of agriculture. 2
(2) L
AND-GRANT COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY .— 3
The term ‘‘land-grant college or university’’ has the 4
meaning given the term in section 1404 of the Na-5
tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teach-6
ing Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103). 7
(3) N
ON-LAND-GRANT COLLEGE OF AGRI -8
CULTURE.—The term ‘‘non-land-grant college of ag-9
riculture’’ has the meaning given the term in section 10
1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-11
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 12
3103). 13
(4) P
ROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 14
the Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program carried 15
out by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 16
Service in coordination with the Texas Animal 17
Health Commission. 18
(5) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 19
the Secretary of Agriculture. 20
(b) P
ROGRAMREVIEW.— 21
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 22
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 23
shall offer to enter into a contract with a covered in-24
stitution to conduct a review of the Program. 25
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(2) REVIEW ELEMENTS.—The review conducted 1
under paragraph (1) shall include an evaluation of— 2
(A) the effectiveness of the Program in 3
preventing and reducing the spread of cattle 4
fever ticks; 5
(B) with respect to cattle producers— 6
(i) the benefits of the Program; and 7
(ii) the burden of compliance with the 8
Program; 9
(C) the treatment protocols developed and 10
implemented under the Program; and 11
(D) the Federal and State funds allocated 12
to support the Program for the most recent fis-13
cal year, including the funds allocated to each 14
research project associated with the Program. 15
(c) R
EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 16
on which the Secretary and a covered institution enter into 17
a contract under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall 18
submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 19
Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture 20
of the House of Representatives a report that includes— 21
(1) the results of the review conducted pursuant 22
to that contract; and 23
(2) recommendations for improvements to the 24
Program, including recommendations for reducing 25
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burdens on cattle producers in complying with the 1
Program. 2
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